“Today is a major step forward for the Hurontario LRT project. The new LRT will make life easier for families and commuters in Mississauga and Brampton by providing a faster, more reliable transit option, with improved connections to local transit and GO rail services,” said Steven Del Duca, Minister of Transportation.

A request for qualifications issued in October 2016 shortlisted the top three teams based on their construction, design, operation and maintenance capability, experience, qualified personnel and financial capacity to deliver a project of this size and scope.

The shortlisted teams and their prime team members are:

HURONTARIO LIGHT RAIL CONNECTION PARTNERS (HLCP)

Equity Provider

Cintra

Acciona

Colas

Constructor

Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc.

Ferrovial Agroman Canada Inc.

Colas

DPM Energy

LURA Consulting

Designer

Arup Canada Inc.

SENER

Dillon Consulting

DTAH

Grimshaw

Operation Maintenance & Rehabilitation Provider

RATP Dev Canada Inc.

Acciona

Cintra

Colas Rail

MOBILINX

Equity Provider

Astaldi

John Laing

Hitachi-Ansaldo

Transdev

Amico Concessions

Constructor

Astaldi

Hitachi

Amico

Bot

Designer

IBI

Hitachi

Morrison Hershfield

Arcadis

Daoust Lestage

Exp.

Operation Maintenance & Rehabilitation Provider

Transdev

Hitachi – Ansaldo

Astaldi

TRILLIUM TRANSIT PARTNERS

Equity Provider

Kiewit

Meridiam

Keolis

Constructor

Peter Kiewit Sons

Bird

Mass Electric

Black and MacDonald

Coco Paving

Designer

Stantec Consulting

STV

Perkins + Will

Urban Strategies Inc.

Entuitive

Operation Maintenance & Rehabilitation Provider

Keolis Canada Inc.

Teams have been invited to respond to the RFP and will begin preparing proposals that detail how they will deliver the project. Upon evaluating the proposals received, IO and Metrolinx expect to award the contract in 2018.

A maintenance and storage facility for the light rail vehicles at Highway 407

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Quick Facts:

Construction is anticipated to start in 2018, with an estimated in-service date in 2022.

Metrolinx has been working closely with the Cities of Mississauga and Brampton and the Region of Peel to integrate their transit system standards and requirements into the new LRT project.

The Hurontario LRT is an example of the Ontario government’s commitment to invest in priority rapid transit to create an integrated transit system throughout the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).